Belabored: Critical Race Panic in Schools, with Jesse Hagopian

Belabored: Critical Race Panic in Schools, with Jesse Hagopian

A new right-wing campaign to ban “critical race theory” aims to crack down on teachers who teach honestly about racism. How can teachers protect themselves and their students?

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Teachers around the country are under pressure⁠—not just the continued stress of teaching in a pandemic, but now a new right-wing campaign to ban “critical race theory” in schools aims to crack down on teachers who teach honestly about racism. Jesse Hagopian, a Seattle teacher, writer, and editor of books including Black Lives Matter at School, joins us to discuss this latest backlash, and what teachers and their unions can do to protect themselves and their students.

We also look at the new just cause provisions in New York City, the conditions for union—and nonunion—retail workers, the potential inclusion of PRO Act provisions in the budget, the end of a major Steelworker strike, and fast food workers who went viral with a sign of frustration. For Argh, we consider the union movement in journalism, and how work from home is sometimes more work for women.

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